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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Mark Meadows testifies in bid to move Trump Georgia election case to federal court

AP

During a surprise testimony in a courtroom hearing connected to a sprawling criminal conspiracy case in Georgia, Mark Meadows did not recall how a highly scrutinized and recorded phone call at the centre of the case against Donald Trump and 18 allies came to be.

The phone call – during which then-President Trump urged Georgia’s chief elections official to “find” votes to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the state – is among central pieces of evidence in a sprawling racketeering indictment targeting Mr Trump’s efforts to subvert the outcome of 2020 presidential election results in the state.

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